101 Cookbooks' Pomelo Noodle Salad

101 Cookbooks' Pomelo Noodle Salad

Pomelo noodles salad: a cold, citrusy noodlesalad filled with pomelo, rocket and edamame, and dressed with sesame oil and tangy-saltyponzu sauce

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Course: Noodles

Cuisine: Japanese

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 5

Total Time: 20

Servings: serves

Author: Eff | Food Daydreaming

Ingredients

170 g dried somen or soba noodles
220 g shelled edamame
2 big handfuls of rocket
1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
2 to 4 tablespoons of ponzu sauce, to taste
⅔ cup toasted peanuts, chopped
½ a medium pomelo, peeled and segmented
Garlic or chive flowers or chopped chives to serve, optional

Instructions

Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil and cook the noodles as per the packet instructions.
With 3 minutes to go, add the edamame to the boiling water to cook.
When cooked, drain and rinse the noodles and edamame with cold water to stop them cooking further and cool the noodles. Drain well to get rid of all the residual water.
Tip the noodles and edamame into a large salad bowl and add the handfuls of rocket. Add the sesame oil and ponzu sauce, a tablespoon at a time, mixing and tasting until the noodles and rocket are coated but not drowning in sauce.
Add the pomelo segments and the chopped peanuts, and mix well. Top with garlic or chive flowers, or chopped chives, if using, and serve.

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Notes

Recipe by Heidi Swanson from 101 Cookbooks.

This recipe calls for only half a pomelo. You can enjoy the half by dipping it into a chilli-lime salt, or you can make a Vietnamese slaw salad.

If you can’t find ponzu sauce, you can make a ‘cheat’ version by mixing together equal parts lemon and soy sauce, and adding a little mirin or sugar for some sweetness.

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